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As simple as finding a job? Getting people out of social housing is much more complex than that

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The Conversation

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Chris Hartley and Kathleen Flanagan

Abstract

private member’s bill, moved by Labor MP Josh Burns, recently called on the Australian government “to help build more affordable homes” in response to the growing homelessness crisis. A premise of the bill is that a lack of social housing is a major cause of homelessness and increasing the supply is a key element of solving the problem. The government’s response was that one solution is to encourage social housing tenants to find paid work, so they can move into private rental housing.

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